英语词汇there-s a sucker born every minute的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

there’s a sucker born every minute. Showman P. T. Barnum lived by this principle, but he probably didn’t invent the phrase so often attributed to him. Since there is no recorded instance of Barnum uttering the words, they must be credited to “Anonymous,” like another famous American cynicism, Never give a sucker an even break, which was the title of a W. C. Fields movie. Terms that Barnum did coin or help popularize include jumbo, bandwagon, siamese twins, the Bearded Lady, the Wild Man of Borneo, Swedish Nightingale, Tom Thumb, Three-Ring Circus, and the Greatest Show on Earth.

词汇	there-s a sucker born every minute
词源	there’s a sucker born every minute. Showman P. T. Barnum lived by this principle, but he probably didn’t invent the phrase so often attributed to him. Since there is no recorded instance of Barnum uttering the words, they must be credited to “Anonymous,” like another famous American cynicism, Never give a sucker an even break, which was the title of a W. C. Fields movie. Terms that Barnum did coin or help popularize include jumbo, bandwagon, siamese twins, the Bearded Lady, the Wild Man of Borneo, Swedish Nightingale, Tom Thumb, Three-Ring Circus, and the Greatest Show on Earth.
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